{"id":10909,"date":"2015-09-08T12:34:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T12:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=10909"},"modified":"2015-09-08T13:31:21","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T13:31:21","slug":"hs-football-players-face-serious-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=10909","title":{"rendered":"HS football players face serious trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I marvel occasionally at the ability of football referees and umpires to stay out of the way of the action as it unfolds before them on the field.<\/p>\n

One usually doesn’t worry, though, about players deliberately targeting officials for seriously vicious hits.<\/p>\n

Perhaps we ought to worry now.<\/p>\n

Two San Antonio-area high school football players have been suspended from school after they pile-drived an official during a game this past week.<\/p>\n

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John Jay High School was playing Marble Falls High School. The game was nearing the end. The ref was blindsided by the players. The video, which has gone viral, looks — to me at least — as if it was deliberate and malicious.<\/p>\n

The John Jay head coach has apologized for his team. The Marble Falls coach said he’s never seen\u00a0anything like what happened\u00a0in his 14 years coaching high school sports.<\/p>\n

The question now being floated is: Should the players be prosecuted for committing a crime?<\/p>\n

The ref is so upset at what happened he’s considering pressing charges. If it were me and I was threatened with potential permanent injury as a result of two football players wearing body armor, well, I believe I’d file charges.<\/p>\n

Poor sportsmanship happens. You see kids taunting other kids on occasion. They get reprimanded for losing their cool.<\/p>\n

The video, though, suggests to me something considerably worse.<\/p>\n

I agree with the school officials: Let’s let “due process” play out.<\/p>\n

I believe the process is going to produce a criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n

Take a look at the video. Your thoughts?<\/p>\n

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